Harri Jukarainen graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology (nowadays Aalto University) from polymer chemistry and materials department.

He continued his studies with silicone polymers and elastomers at University of Cincinnati Ohio, thus becoming silicone polymer expert for Finnish company Leiras, whose IUS manufacturing now belongs to Bayer.  At Bayer he worked for Polymer Based Drug Delivery Platform overseeing several new innovative sustained drug delivery projects starting from R&D.

Harri has 30 years of experience in the field of pharmaceutical long term drug delivery systems – from monomers to excipients and final products.

Harri is Co-Founder of PreclinApps Oy, developing and manufacturing of polymer based DD systems for preclinical and veterinarian field. He is also leading the pharmaceutical development at ReBio Technologies, concentrating on long term ophthalmic drug delivery systems utilising proprietary biodegradable polymers.

 Harri is the inventor of over 30 issued patents and several publications in the field of medicinal long term drug delivery systems and medical devices.